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Nine Harvard professors have sent a letter calling for the resignation of Cardinal Bernard F. Law ’53, the Catholic archbishop of Boston who allowed priests accused of child molestation to continue working for the church...
...response to a barrage of recent accusations that Catholic priests had molested children in Greater Boston, His Eminence Cardinal Bernard F. Law last week stripped Rev. D. George Spagnolia of his ability to exercise priestly ministry and revoked his monthly stipend of $1,400. The cardinal claims that this action was justified by the Archdiocese’s new “zero-tolerance” policy for alleged molesters, which was developed as a response to scandals over the past months that have uncovered hundreds of potential victims. As a result of the Cardinal’s swift-handed...
...scene in which our brainy heroine writes a poem with the line, "I'm not a girl, not yet a woman" (which just happens to be a recent Spears hit). But Crossroads delivers on the expected climax: Britney's first kiss with an adult male. It's a Saint Bernard slobberer of a smooch--the tsunami of wet kisses...
...assign books exclusively hostile to Israel, you are always free to explore the other side of the story. To see how widespread the problem Harvard students may be facing is, see Martin Kramer’s Ivory Towers on Sand: The Failure of Middle Eastern Studies in America. Bernard Lewis’ most recent book, What Went Wrong: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Responses offers a terse, deeply knowledgeable historical analysis of his subject...
Terrorism is the bitter howl of the victimized. For a short course on why so many Muslims feel that rage, Bernard Lewis is the man. He has been going over this ground since he coined the phrase "clash of civilizations" back in 1990. What Went Wrong: Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response (Oxford University Press; 180 pages; $23) doesn't directly address terrorism's latest face, as it was written before 9/11. But for newcomers to the subject, Lewis' brisk explication of the tense dynamic between Islam and the West offers a historical case for what he calls the Muslim...